Fixie for winter?

After all that advice I went and bought a 'vintage' raleigh flyer off ebay.. it should do the job. The frame is a tiny 46cm so will be perfect for my hobbit sized legs. 

Dustboy wrote (see)

What ratios do people use? I am running a 42/17 on cyclocross knobblies. Found a 16 just that bit too much to push and keep the cadence up. It's fine for anything up to about Boxhill gradient (6%) but can't quite manage a 10%. 

48/18 for me.  Enough for a decent lick on the flat, and not spinning out too early on the steep downhills we have around here.  I've managed to get up some short 15% sections on that, but it's not a lot of fun!

I am getting more and more tempted by a fixie, come spring i may consider selling my MTB and going for a fixie insted, but unless i can sneak another bike in with out the wife noticing I'll be forced to get rid of one

I'm pretty sure the bike is from that era.. it is a speedy blue and white with red wheels. According to my inflation calculator your bike would be £233.46 today making my £43 spend a bargain in comparison  

cougie wrote (see)

I'm on 42-17 which seems fine for me.

In retrospect, I now feel less bad about struggling to keep up with you when we were both fixed - mine is 48-18 or 48-20, depending on which way round i have the wheel (I'm fixed both sides).

Clearly I am even harder than I thought.